News by Topic: Deaf Community

WXXI interviews Denise Kavin, assistant dean for outreach, placement and special projects at NTID, about the movie CODA.

It was a memorable and historic Academy Awards for Hollywood and a number of RIT alumni at the 94th Oscars from Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre.

WHEC-TV interviews Lisa DeWindt-Sommer, senior counselor/academic advisor at NTID, and her daughter, RIT student and CODA Kaitlin Sommer, about the movie CODA.

WHAM-TV interviews Denise Kavin, assistant dean for outreach, placement and special projects at NTID, and RIT/NTID students about the movie CODA and their experiences as “children of deaf adults.”

The New York Times interviews RIT/NTID faculty researcher Wendy Dannels and human-computer interaction graduate student Roshan Mathew about assistive technology for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Spectrum News features the Deaf Day of Play.

WHEC-TV features the Deaf Day of Play.

WHAM-TV features the Deaf Day of Play.

WXXI interviews Gerry Buckley, NTID president and RIT vice president and dean, about a boost in federal funding for NTID.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced fiscal year 2022 funding he secured that will revitalize Rochester and the Finger Lakes region. Sen. Schumer highlighted significant funding in the amount of $88.5 million that NTID received in the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill, a $7 million increase over fiscal year 2021, with $3 million of that increase going toward NTID’s Regional STEM Center efforts.

RIT’s College of Liberal Arts began the academic year under new leadership. Dean Anna Stenport joined RIT from Georgia Institute of Technology’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts in September following a nationwide search. Stenport is a professor of communication and an expert in transnational cinema and media, modern literature and drama, and visual and cultural studies, with a focus on the Arctic and Nordic regions.

WROC-TV features “Deaf Day of Play,” hosted by NTID and The Strong.